APMRN
UPDATE No 14, April 2004
Articles in
this Issue are:
Call for Papers: International Workshop on
Population Dynamics and Infectious Disease in Asia
27-29 October 2004
Singapore
(see website http://www.populationasia.org/Events.htm
for complete details on the workshop themes and funding support)
The workshop invites submissions of theoretical or
empirical papers for the workshop on population dynamics and infectious
disease in Asia. This workshop focuses on infectious diseases in Asia,
especially their interaction with population and development.
Population change, directly and via socio-economic and environmental
effects, acts as a primary driver of changing infectious diseases.
Primary drivers of infectious disease trends include migration or
travel within and from Asia due to increasing globalization; rapid
urbanisation which boosts old infectious diseases; high-rise urban
housing which creates new infection risks, involuntary migration; and
environmental and ecosystem changes due to growth and increasing demand
for resources leading to creation of new or ‘emerging’ infections.
The workshop will also look at population responses to
infections such as the development of Asian health systems; responses
to drug resistance resulting from extensive use of antimicrobials; the
search for new natural drugs and its challenges; and policy control and
control strategies by states and the impacts.
We are pleased to have invited a number of renowned
experts
http://www.populationasia.org/Events/2004/Infectious_Disease/List_of_Invited_Speakers.pdf
who will be speaking at the workshop. Applicants may also apply for
limited funding which will be awarded to the best abstracts on a
competitive basis. The deadline for submissions is 15 May 2004.
International Conference on Demographic Window and
Healthy Aging: Socioeconomic Challenges and Opportunities
10-11 May 2004
Peking University, Beijing
China
(see website http://www.populationasia.org/Events.htm
for full details)
In many developing countries, the rapid ageing of the
population is viewed as an obstacle to the implementation of
significant social policies and social security benefits. This ageing,
paradoxically, is accompanied by a substantial decrease in the
dependency ratio of dependent young and elderly to the adult
population. The rapid and significant fall in fertility together with
the still modest increase in the number of old people modifies the age
structure of the population in favour of young adults, giving rise to
the Demographic Window. As a result, working-age adults will support a
relatively low social burden for the next two or three decades. This
gives developing countries a rare opportunity to implement fundamental
social policies that can be the foundation of sustainable development
before they face inescapable and unprecedented fast ageing. The lists
of accepted paper presentations and participants can be found at http://www.populationasia.org/Events/2004/Beijing/List_of_Presentations_Beijing.pdf
and http://www.populationasia.org/Events/2004/Beijing/List_of_Participants_Beijing.pdf.
Book
Published: International Journal of Population Geography (SJTG) Special
Issue on "Labour Migration and Household Relations in Asia",
editors: Paul Boyle, Elspeth Graham & Brenda Yeoh, Volume 9, Issue
6 (November/December 2003), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, UK
This latest publication by the Asian MetaCentre
provides a brief review of economic approaches to labour migration,
including some studies that have recognised the importance of the
family in migration decision-making. Most of this work continues to be
based on a broad human capital framework and highlights some of the
limitations of such a theoretical model. The editors also consider the
importance of remittances in family-related labour migration and their
value in developing economies. In summary this selection of papers
contribute to the debate about the limitations of the human capital
model, and help us to understand labour migration and the family in the
Asian context. View publications by the Asian MetaCentre at http://www.populationasia.org/Publications.htm.
Research
Paper Series No. 17 Published
The latest
Asian MetaCentre Research Paper Series No. 17 entitled "Migration and
Health in China: Problems, Obstacles and Solutions" by Xiang Biao is
published. The paper can be downloaded in pdf format from http://www.populationasia.org/Publications/Research_Paper.htm.
